Excerpt from A Collection of the Public General Acts Relating to Railways in Scotland: Including the Companies, Lands, and Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Acts, 1838-1846; With General Index
Branch railways. Provisions empowering Justices to decide Disputes. - Repealed by the 3 85 4 Vict., c. 97, s. 18.
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